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Your Philadelphia Basketball News SourceTue, 03 Mar 2015 17:42:11 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1By: Debrinahttp://philadunkia.com/?p=6908&cpage=1#comment-478391
Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:33:15 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-478391Oh yeah, no arguments here, this Sixers team isn’t wininng a title this year. BUT, they have shown an ability to compete with/beat elite teams at any time. Yes, we did lose to Chicago by 45 or something ridiculous but came back and beat them when they visited Philly. And I am still not sure how good Jrue Holiday can be, he’s only 20 years old and I think could be an elite PG in a few years. And we’ve barely scratched the surface with Turner, he doesn’t get a ton of time, but I really like what I see in terms of rebounding and if he can keep that kind of energy on the boards he could be a productive player for us. I’m not saying we’ll be wininng a championship this or next year, but I don’t think we are as far away as a lot of people think. We have about $10M coming off the books this offseason wth Kapono and Songalia so we have a little wiggle room but moving Iggy’s contract could put us in great shape.
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Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:39:06 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-466954HAHAHAHA – Congrats Steve this is the most comments I have ever seen on a Philadunkia post! If that was the intention then consider the article a success! Perhaps you could have set up the highly opinionated and speculative nature of the piece a little bit better in the opening paragraph but oh well…

I dunno why everyone is having a cow over this, I guess they don’t ever read the comments on philly.com where this type of criticism would be hailed as the voice of reason…

Some issues:

#1 – Firing Doug Collins would have been the worst PR move the Sixers could have possibly done this summer. Like many have mentioned, the sixers had their best year since Iverson left and had been on a coaching carousel for so long and stunk so bad that people were just generally excited to have a reasonably exciting and athletic team with some continuity. Fire DC and whammo, all the recently built goodwill of the fanbase is once again shattered. Does DC’s offense have some problems, uh YES! But like everyone always says the NBA is a business and firing Doug Collins would have been the BIGGEST MISTAKE the Sixers could have made this summer.

#2- Your completely biased & unsupported speculation on Moultrie’s career future reeks of a disgruntled fan & is woefully short on any data/perspective to back up yer claims… And if yer counting that strange stat you dropped about rebounds/steals and blocks, well sir you need to reread your rhetoric 101… That’s 2 strikes against, zero pros…

#3 – Lowry/Holiday trade – again this comes across as more fan rant trade-bait speculation… was there any rumors or information to report that this was actually a possibility? Even if you are merely daydreaming about it your power to persuade is once again lacking. Holding up an imagined failed season’s draft order and a go fish Howard trade scenario are not reasons enough to convince any serious fans to trade away one of the teams most exciting young players for another new player coming off an injury. Support your argument with insight and perspective not what-ifs draft orders and daydream trade scenarios. 3 strikes.

#5 – making a big stink about Meeks seems desperate. But you make a good point about value and I like the idea of continuity besides I am not sold on N. Young or Wright either… I have a sinking feeling you may be right about this one too… Cons 3 – Pros 2

#6 – Keeping Brand – Again agree. He was the heart and soul of this team. With their new front line of Brown, Hawes, Vucevic, Allen & Moultrie this team could raise the bar in terms of softness and sad sack woe is me body language… The SeventySofters… Way to get up off the mat Steve! 3-3.

#7 – Resigning Hawes – You blatantly contradict yourself and subvert your own argument by saying “a 2 year 13 million dollar deal is great value for a player like Spencer Hawes.” Doh! Cons 4 – Pros 3

#8 – Hiring JVG or SVH. SVH? Did you mean SVG? Or am I missing something, some hilarious nickname, like Stan Van Helsing? SSDD… more claptrap fan baiting speculation, scandalous and obnoxious, maybe they should go after Obama if he loses the election… back to boards troll! Cons 5 – Pros 3… and that’s a match.

In closing, I think it’s fair to say that the last thing any sober Sixer’s fans want to see or hear on this blog is more unsupported Negadelphia babblin bullsh*t rants like this one. We can chat up our neighbors for that kind of punishment. Sorry Charlie, but the proof is in the puddin’.

Maybe a little more objectivity, insight and actually building/supporting your argument/perspective with some quality information would be a good place to start. By relying mostly on your apparent frustration, daydreams & off-the-wall stats you come across like just another dumb fan, rather than the voice of Sixer Nation!

You’ve been warned…
peace,
The Derker

]]>By: Rochttp://philadunkia.com/?p=6908&cpage=1#comment-463867
Sat, 21 Jul 2012 00:09:37 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-463867good views i like da fact Doug cant coach i 100% support his facts period blow da team up alots empty seat due 2 front office mess up
]]>By: Shahhttp://philadunkia.com/?p=6908&cpage=1#comment-463765
Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:10:03 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-463765Just another note Lou Williams was not historically great, you might want to check your work there. And both Van Gundy brothers announce they were not going to coach this year. Collins played the most productive players and that’s all you can ask of a coach. His disciplinarian tactics may die off soon but I’d take the stability over the controversy.
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Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:02:09 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-463622Great article. Rod Thorn deserves plenty of criticism for these moves along with Doug Collins and I’m glad someone has pointed this out. One point you mentioned that i didn’t think of was the Hawes contract. If he can near the production he was at before the foot injury then we have a solid 7 ft Starting Center, which is rare for 6 million per year in the nba. That is a solid risk to take. The problem is if(to me when) he reaches his ceiling the Sixers will have to pay him entering prime years! His contract should have been back loaded with team options, I agree with you 110%. If you readers disagree then see Lavoy Allen! who went from earning rookie minimum to making 6 million a year all because the Sixers didn’t lock him in long term with team option! Worse case he sits on the bench like Tony Battie or goes back and forth threw the D-League.

Nick Young’s best case scenario to help the Sixers is to never ever dribble the basketball and only shoot when he’s open of of screen. Reminds me of a guy we just let go… I won’t bother with the Kwame Brown wow everybody still wants to be like Mike… The draft was atrocious, I don’t like either players game and I’ve seen them both.. EB’s contract would have been attractive to teams not in the playoff hunt near the deadline looking to dump contracts for what should be a good FA year., this was a dumb move which could be a blessing in disguise.

The only bright spots(which was likely accidental) is D Wright. He was drafted as a PG and played SG and SF pretty well in GS. He can bring flexibility off the bench that we haven’t seen since Aaron McKie, and even start. Another is Vuc and Voy can jump into the PF/C rotation for significant minutes.

Thad Young and Harkless would have been sent packing for Lowry. There are too many SF on the team and Lowry was an all-start to me last year, he’s all the Sixers have been missing to go along with Iggy. Here’s to hoping this all works out! Smh

Lou williams was a black hole all season who flat out lost us multiple games. Including a playoff game vs boston.

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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 10:53:30 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-463179How can you criticize Moultrie….HE WAS A STEAL AT WHAT HE GOT HIM FOR…. NEXT YEARS DRAFT IS TRASH…SOME OF THE TOP TEN PLAYERS FOR NEXT YEAR WOULD BE 2nd ROUNDERS THIS PAST YEAR…ALSO Jrue is better than kyle lowry and I do not even like Jrue Holiday that much….seriously dude….been reading this site for a while you are making an embarrassment out of this site that i have loved to read for 2 years……
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 05:03:35 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-463071I usually like this websites post but this was very disappointing. Fire Doug? are you serious. he has done nothing up to this point to deserve that. and was trading holiday for lowry even an option. i feel like you just made that up out of no where. signing kwame was the only thing that made sense and even that wasnt that bad because you knew they were gonna replace battie. and you really though meeks should have gotten in during the playoffs? what a terrible opinion. everyone knew amnestying brand was coming. and you make it seem like moultrie is a bum, wen most websites had him projected as a lottery pick. and you cant even put not hiring either van gundy as a mistake because they didnt need to fire doug so the van gundy thing is irrelevant before you started typing that sentence. i really really like this website but this is an absolute joke. someone should seriously get fired for this, either steve or the editor who said “yeah thats a good article.” i rarely comment on this website, but this was too ridiculous to let go. i really hope the next article is better, and an apology to all the readers would not be a bad idea. get your shit together philadunkia.
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 03:14:29 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-463036I actually thought it was going to be revealed as a joke article..
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Thu, 19 Jul 2012 02:03:28 +0000http://philadunkia.com/?p=6908#comment-463005I think Steve Toll should start writing under an assumed name. I.M.A. Jackass may do the trick.
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